".... I'm 93 points on that!"

"..... I'm 93 points on that!"

A short series inspired by this hilarious video. Links here and here to an earlier series inspired by the previous video.

 

"..... I'm 94 points on that!"

"..... I'm 95 points on that!"

"..... I'm 96 points on that!"

"..... I'm 97 points on that!"

"..... I'm 98 points on that!"



"..... I'm 99 points on that!"

"..... I'm 100 points on that! And that's what it is – 100 points!!"

See also video by Robert Macintosh here.

'Du poison dans les vignes'

Interesting Swiss documentary about the use of pesticides in the vineyard, particularly looking at the use of helicopters to spray vines where the steep slopes makes this an attractive option. Even if the pesticides residues found in wine and our food are tiny, what is the long-term effect of this combination of chemicals on our health? The documentary explains that we do not yet know.  

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See also:

'Herbicide drift stunts prize-winning vines

An award-winning Villa Maria Hawke's Bay vineyard (New Zealand - Jim) may lose millions of dollars after a herbicide drifted over its vines.

Howard Vineyard owner Brian Howard, of Bayview, north of Napier, said weedkiller 2,4-D had been sprayed nearby in late September and had drifted over his vineyard, stunting the growth of vines and wiping out at least six hectares of his 10-hectare crop.

Read the rest here.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/business/national-farm/4292183/Herbicide-drift-stunts-prize-vines

Fiona Beckett's new natural wine blog + one utterly pointless one

Fiona Beckett with Jacky Blot in Montlouis early October 2010

Fiona Beckett, who is the Guardian's new wine writer, has just launched a new blog called Wine Naturally.

Her first post starts thus:

'Why drink natural wine?

Or, more to the point - why devote a whole blog to it? It’s a long story. My husband got into natural wine a couple of years ago and I have to say I was rather sniffy about it. I thought most of the reds I tasted were unappealingly rustic and a lot of the whites tasted of cider.' 

This is a very welcome new blog which hopefully will provide a forum to discuss the issues raised by and surrounding natural wines.

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In contrast a link to an entirely pointless new video from James Suckling. He seems to be determined to prove that he's a complete twat.